Cedar Street is a

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station on the

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line, located near the intersection of Cedar Street ( CT-175) and Fenn Road in

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. It opened with the line on March 28, 2015. The station consists of two

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s serving the busway, with two center passing lanes to allow express buses to pass buses stopped at the station. Along with

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, it serves

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. The

New York and New England Railroad The New York and New England Railroad (NY&NE) was a railroad connecting southern New York State with Hartford, Connecticut; Providence, Rhode Island; and Boston, Massachusetts. It operated under that name from 1873 to 1893. Prior to 1873 it was ...

(and predecessor

Hartford, Providence and Fishkill Railroad The New York and New England Railroad (NY&NE) was a railroad connecting southern New York State with Hartford, Connecticut; Providence, Rhode Island; and Boston, Massachusetts. It operated under that name from 1873 to 1893. Prior to 1873 it was ...

) served a station named Claytons at Cedar Street. It opened around 1872, supplementing and ultimately replacing Pratts station, and was closed sometime after 1915. An access road for the station, Myra Cohen Way, is named for longtime Newington councilwoman Myra Cohen.

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